His entries were far between. He didn’t use highfalutin words, it was plain and simple everyday words. And if he had to use scientific terms, he’d be “gracious enough” to explain it sarcastically to us lesser mortals. I maybe wrong here but I would read subtle nuances from his entries if a topic was something personal. He didn’t allude to himself. He didn’t give out names or specific instances but he had a “tell” sign. During these times, my heart would go out to him but most of the time, I’d think he’s just a bitter old man. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining here. I like him, well, his entries to be specific. I may not always agree with what he wrote but it gave my mind something to chew on. His style of writing is quite engaging (for me, that is). Believe it or not, sometimes I found his sarcasm refreshing and one time, made me say out loud “touche”. Go figure.

After quite some time of following him, I noticed that his opinions weren’t dark as it was before. I thought, maybe he’s mellowing. But when the succeeding write-ups started to feel “mushy” (am using the term here loosely), I knew something was up. He was losing his edge. I couldn’t put my finger on it but I knew something “weird” was happening to him personally. Then when he posted his entry regarding brown-nosing —- that did it for me! I knew Mr. Cynic was in love! Good for him (not quite sure for the girl). I much wanted to leave him a note then to confirm but I couldn’t gather enough guts to do so. Besides, he doesn’t answer any comments. He wrote one more article, more subdued this time, then he stopped. I don’t know why. That was the last time I read anything new from him. I waited but to no avail.

Recently, he crossed my mind. I wanted read up on his blog again about a certain matter —- an idea he posted, of which I easily scoffed off as rubbish, proved to have more merits than I initially thought. But for the love of my brain, I totally forgot his url (in my defense, it’s been years and I had it bookmarked then). All I can remember is that it was a foreign sounding long word. I tried to google it but still couldn’t find it (some of my friends say am good at this). Maybe he took his blog down and the “unthinkable inevitable” happened. =o(

After your morning/evening shower, turn the water heater’s temperature to hot —- no, not to the point that you’ll get first degree burns but more on the temp of a warm compress. If your shower nozzle can be adjusted, twist it so that the water would burst out in small fast drops. Now, turn on the water to full blast.

After following the instructions above, let the million raindrops fall on your back. In a little while, you feel as if your cares in the world are slowly melting away. <Sigh>…… Of course, nothing compares to the real thing but this is good enought to keep your stress levels at bay.